Debunking the "Hyperglobalization" Trade Policy Myth
Policy is often shaped by narratives, and recently there has been a bipartisan effort to create a narrative that, starting in the early 1990s, globalization and free trade went too far.
Simon Lester
Jamieson Greer on the Non-Violation Remedy
In a speech at UVA law school earlier this week, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer offered the following description of the GATT non-violation remedy:
The non-violation remedy in the GATT (Article 23:1(b)) makes this point clear. It allows member countries to seek a remedy even when the
Guest Post: Are President Trump’s New Section 122 Tariffs Legal?
This is a guest post from Bryan Riley and Joe Bishop-Henchman. Bryan is Director of the Free Trade Initiative at the National Taxpayers Union; Joe is Executive Vice President at the National Taxpayers Union Foundation
President Trump has issued new 10% tariffs, shortly after raised to 15%, based on Section
Job Posting: Teaching Fellow, and Lecturer in Law, International Economic Law, Business and Policy (IELBP), Stanford Law
This is from Alan Sykes at Stanford Law School:
STANFORD LAW SCHOOL seeks to hire a teaching fellow for the LLM Program in International Economic Law, Business & Policy. The appointment is for a two-year position with the possibility of a third year by mutual agreement, beginning in August 2026.
Section 122 as a (Partial) Replacement for the IEEPA Tariffs
Apparently, this is the era of dusting off old international economic policy statutes and figuring out what they mean and how they work. After the Supreme Court's ruling today in Learning Resources, holding that "IEEPA does not authorize the President to impose tariffs," we are now
Comparing the Forced Labor Provisions in the New U.S. Trade Deals
Continuing my multi-part blog posting series on comparing provisions in the Trump administration trade agreements, let's look now at the provisions that try to induce U.S. trading partners to take action against imports made with forced labor.
AOC on Foreign Policy and Trade Policy
AOC spoke on a couple panels last week at the Munich Security Conference and also spoke at the Technische Universität Berlin, and this European trip was widely seen as a move to establish some foreign policy credentials for a presidential run.
More on the Trump Administration's Dollar Policy
Last May, I asked, "Does the Trump Administration Want a Strong or a Weak Dollar?" That post was about a House hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and I didn't get an answer to the question posed in the title of my post.
Guest Post: Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk: WTO Panel Rules against the U.S. in US — IRA (China)
This is a guest post from Jingyuan (Joey) Zhou of Chongqing University School of Law
Introduction
On January 30, 2026, a panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) handed down another blow to the United States, finding the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) inconsistent with the U.S.’s
Comparing the Enforcement Provisions in the New U.S. Trade Deals
Building on the comparison of trade agreement provisions in my last post, let's take a look at the "enforcement" provisions of the six agreements for which the legal texts have been published.